2014-04-02, 00:33
Hi to all of u!
First I'm not sure this is the right place for asking this, but it's hardware, so...
Intro:
I've been using mediacenters for a while, or, better, i've been using mediacenters applications for a while (probably a sort of 5/6 years or more), using external drives for storing files (i know it's not the best thing in the world) or computers attached to my wifi network, but now, with my restricted budget, i decided to do the extra mile and use a nas (the one in the title) to stream/maintain my huge catalog.
Main question:
my catalog contains film in different formats: avi (xvid/divx - h264/h263), mp4 (h264), and now a lot of flv (due to lack of space), most in low resolution (max 480p) (so very low bitrate), just a few mp4 in 720/1080p.
i've seen that you can stream with twonky these files (flv too (*)) to an htpc running xbmc (or ur enemy mediaportal ) using dlna.
but here (**) it says that twonky doesn't support flv.
i've seen that some other people can't reach the dlna share on xbmc (***).
has anyone any experiences with that hardware?
suggestions?
is using samba so punishing for performances?
(or suggestions to get another nas with 3Tb for less than 168€ that get better results?)
(just to avoid answer not needed: i've already get flv to work on networks but only with samba.)
Thanks to all of u!
Links:
*) http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/deta...k-live,-my
**) http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/deta...e,-my-book
***) http://community.wd.com/t5/WD-My-Cloud/I...d-p/627043
First I'm not sure this is the right place for asking this, but it's hardware, so...
Intro:
I've been using mediacenters for a while, or, better, i've been using mediacenters applications for a while (probably a sort of 5/6 years or more), using external drives for storing files (i know it's not the best thing in the world) or computers attached to my wifi network, but now, with my restricted budget, i decided to do the extra mile and use a nas (the one in the title) to stream/maintain my huge catalog.
Main question:
my catalog contains film in different formats: avi (xvid/divx - h264/h263), mp4 (h264), and now a lot of flv (due to lack of space), most in low resolution (max 480p) (so very low bitrate), just a few mp4 in 720/1080p.
i've seen that you can stream with twonky these files (flv too (*)) to an htpc running xbmc (or ur enemy mediaportal ) using dlna.
but here (**) it says that twonky doesn't support flv.
i've seen that some other people can't reach the dlna share on xbmc (***).
has anyone any experiences with that hardware?
suggestions?
is using samba so punishing for performances?
(or suggestions to get another nas with 3Tb for less than 168€ that get better results?)
(just to avoid answer not needed: i've already get flv to work on networks but only with samba.)
Thanks to all of u!
Links:
*) http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/deta...k-live,-my
**) http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/deta...e,-my-book
***) http://community.wd.com/t5/WD-My-Cloud/I...d-p/627043